Daijiworld Media Network - Aichi-Nagoya
Aichi-Nagoya, Oct 20: India’s Bhavina Patel won a bronze medal in women’s singles Class 4-5 table tennis at the Asian Para Games after losing her semifinal to China’s eight-time Paralympic champion Zhang Bian on Tuesday.
The former Paralympic silver medallist went down 7-11, 5-11, 7-11 against Zhang, securing her second consecutive bronze medal at the continental event.
Patel had won silver at the 2018 edition of the Asian Para Games. The 39-year-old from Gujarat is also a former Commonwealth Games gold medallist.
Zhang, 40, had won silver at the previous edition of the Asian Para Games.
The Class 4-5 category is for wheelchair athletes with full upper-body control but impairments affecting their legs or lower limbs.